British made A/C with the USAAF

[Michael Turner]

Hello:

I am trying to either confirm the information that I have so far as well as find out what various Mark's for the following aircraft by squadrons were flown. Please advise if I have left off any other Mark's that were flown by them.


4th F.G. (334, 335, 336 F.S.): Spitfire Mk's Vb, Vc, IXc, VIII

31st F.G. (307, 308, 309 F.S.): Spitfire Mks' Vb-Trop, Vc-Trop, VIII-Trop

52nd F.G. (2, 4, 5, F.S.): Spitfire Mks' Vb-Trop, Vc-Trop, VIII-Trop

414, 415, 416, 417 NFS: Beaufighter Mk IV-F, Mosquito Mk XXX, NF-30

Thank you.

Michael

[brewerjerry]

Hi
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cheers
jerry

[kurlannaiskos]

an excellent book on the subject is:

Camouflage & Markings No.21
British aircraft in USAAF service
1942-1945
by Roger A. Freeman
Ducimus Books Limited, London,England
(no ISBN number)

here's a sample:
ETO and MTO Spitfire unit codes
AV 335FS-4FG
AX 107RS-67RG
HL 308FS-31FG
MD 336FS-4FG
MX 307FS-31FG
QP 2FS-52FG
VF 5FS-52FG
VX 109RS-67RG
WD 4FS-52FG
WZ 309FS-31FG
XR 334FS-4FG
ZM 12RS-67RG

[Harri Pihl]

The 8th AF used the Spitfire PR. XI for most demanding long range photo-reconnaissance tasks (14th Photo Sqd.). The Eagle squadrons had some Hurricanes but I don't know if they had them under 8th AF. In addition there probably were large number of Moths and other British light aircraft in USAF.

[Graham Boak]

I don't believe that the 4th flew any Mk.VIIIs, and the Mk.Vc seems unlikely.

The 31st and 52nd flew Mk.VIIIs and Mk.IXs, but there was no Trop suffix to the designation.

There were of course many other types flown in support roles, including Tiger Moth, Oxford, Master, Dominie, and Hurricane.

There was also a recce group with the Spitfire Mk.Vb - the 67th? later the PR Mk.XI.

The USAAF also flew PR Mosquitoes, initially the F-8 (Mk.IV) but later the Mk.XVI

[VoyTech]

There are two books on US Spitfires published by Ventura in NZ some years ago.
http://www.venturapublications.com/s...roducts_id=176
http://www.venturapublications.com/s...roducts_id=177
They'll give you details of Spitfire variants used by all US units that had them.

[Peter S]

Michael,
9th USAAF Units:

10th Photographic Group (later Reco)
12th (code ZM) & 15th (code 5M) TRS (Tactical Reconnaissance Sqns) used Spitfires Vb;

67th TRG (Tactical Reconnaissance Group)
12th and 15th transfered from 10th PG
107th (code AX) & 109th (code VX) TRS used also Spitfires Vb

314th Troop Carrier Group
Horsa gliders

315 TCG
Horsas and Oxfords

434 TCG
Horsas

435 TCG
Horsas

153rd Liaison Sqn (code 8R) Oxfords

425 Night Fighter Sqn Mosquitos NF.XIII (seven)

Regards

[shooshoobaby]

Michael ,
The only USAAF Night Fighter Squadron that Transitioned
to Mosquitos was the 416th NFS.
The 414th , 415th and 417th Transitioned to the P - 61.
Mike

[Michael Turner]

Many thanks for the information to my question. From this board and some other sources, I was able to find out most of the information that I was looking for.

Thank you again.

Michael